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WAR VESSELS FOR MANILA. Several JTore Battleships Ordered to the East. DEWEY RECOMMENDED IT. Admiral Advised President McKinley That Situation In Philippines De¬ manded Aggressive Action. A Washington special says: The president, Wednesday directed the immediate dispatch to the Philippines of a number of vessels of the navy, in¬ cluding the cruiser Brooklyn and gun¬ boats Marietta and Machias. The ac¬ tion is the result of Admiral Dewey’s interview, in which he went over the Philippine situation with the presi¬ dent. The orders given are in line with the expressed determination of the president to furnish the army and navy every resource for stamping out the Philippine insurrection at the earliest possible time. At Admiral Dewey’s extended in¬ terview with the president the former went into the Philippine situation at great length, explaining carefully the existing condition of affairs and his views of the outlook, concluding with an earnest recommendation that the Brooklyn and some other vessels be sent at onee to the Philippines. The re-enforcement of the present fleet of the Asiatic squadron he urged as necessary and said their dispatch should be directed as early as possible. The president immediately communi¬ cated with the navy department and instructed the secretary of the navy to issue an order carrying out the ad¬ miral’s reoommendation and to see that they be got in readiness at once. The Marietta and Machias, besides the Brooklyn, will be designated by the navy department along with several other vessels which have not yet been selected. The Brooklyn is now with the other vessels of the North Atlantic squadron off Tompkinsville, Staten Island. The Machias and the Marietta are at pres¬ ent on waiting orders. These re-en- forcemonts will and considerable strength to the Asiatic squadron aud the administration believes their pres¬ ence will have a material effect in ex¬ pediting the end of the hostilities. The Brooklyn is an armored cruiser of the first rating, carrying twenty main battery guns and having a total displacement of 9,215 tons, and is so well thought of by Rear Admiral Schley that he desired that she be as¬ signed as his flagship in the new south Atlantic squadron. The Marietta is a composite gun¬ boat of 1,000 tons displacement and with a main battery equipment of six guns. The Machias, with a displacement of 1,177 tons* carries a battery of eight guns. Their commanders are ail vet¬ erans of long experience in the ser¬ vice. The Brooklyn is commanded by Captain Theodore F. Jewell, who has seen fourteen years of sea service and much more than that on shore sta- tions; the Machias by Lieutenant Com- mander Leavitt C. Logan, with fifteen years of sea service, and the Marietta by Lieutenant Commander Edward H. Gheen, whose record shows seven- teen years of sea service. The Brooklyn’s formidable equip¬ ment will make her of invaluable gen¬ eral service, while the Marietta and the Machias are expectod to be of much usefulness in the numerous shallow waters about the archipelago where larger craft cannot go. It is not known how soon these vessels can be ready, but their orders are fo get away as early as possible, and no delay is anticipated. Their commanders will report to the depart¬ ment when they are ready to proceed and oil arriving at Manila will report without delay to the admiral com¬ manding the Asiatio station, for or¬ ders. GILLETTE ANNULS CONTRACT. Atlantic Contracting Company Or¬ dered to Stop Work. At Savannah, Ga., Tuesday morning Captain 0. E. Gillette, United States engineer in charge of the Savannah district, annulled the contract of the Atiantio Contracting Company for building a breakwater in Tybee roads. This is the only contract the company had in the district. The contract was annulled by order of the chief of engineers. This is one result of the imprisonment of Captain O. M. Carter. The contract was en ¬ tered into October 8, 1896, by Captain Carter as engineer in charge. PREACHER IMPRISONED. Charged With iloonshining and Pays Dearly For His Sins. At Chattanooga, Tenn., Thursday, Rev. Thomas Payne, a Baptist preacher, seventy-three years old, who resides in Polk county, on the Georgia line, was sentenced to two months’ imprison¬ ment and fined $200 for running a moonshine distillery, by Judge C. D. Clark, of the United States court. COMMISSIONER OUSI ED. South Carolina State hoard of Con¬ trol Has .Sensation. A special from Columbia, S.C., says: A bomb could not have caused more of a sensation, had it dropped in the dispensary board of control meeting Tuesday, than did the report of the special commitleo of that board ap¬ pointed a month ago to investigate the management of the institution, which is under the direct charge of Commis¬ sioner J. B. Douthit. Mr. Douthit was elected by the legislature to be a member of the state board of control and was then elected state liquor com¬ missioner. Ten days ago tho chairman of the board, on verbal reports made to him by the investigating committee, re¬ moved Bookkeeper Outse. At Tues¬ day’s meeting the board did not hesi¬ tate five minutes in removing Commis¬ sioner Douthit. The commissioner was found short $1,155 in the contra¬ band department—that is goods to that amount have been disposed of by him on his aooount. But the sensa¬ tional feature is what the committee describes as the perpetration of “a fraud the people of South Carolina ” on By order of the commissioner, whisky of the common “one X” brand was bottled off by the thousand of gallons and labeled “three X” and “four X,” the charges on the consumer being correspondingly increased. Also case goods of the manufacture of one house and inferior, were labeled with the name aud guarantee of another firm of national reputation. This was done in the case of several firms that sup¬ plied “case goods” to the dispensary, the dispensary doing the bottling. WINDS TOO LIGHT. The Initial International Yacht Race Was Called Off. A New York dispatch says: The biggest crowd of sightseers and yachts¬ men who ever sailed down to Sandy Hook to witness the attempt of a foreign mug-hunter to wrest from America the yachting supremacy of the world, returned to the city Tues¬ day night crestfallen and disappointed. The initial race between the Columbia and Shamrock had been called off. The winds had proved too light and shifty, and the first of the interna¬ tional series of 1889 between the great¬ est racing machines ever produced by England and America degenerated in¬ to a drifting match, and had to be declared off because neither could reach the line in the time allotted by the rules. At the time the English vessel was leading. JUDGE TARVIN SPEAKS. Democratic Carnival at Dallas, Texas, Brought to a Close. The second and last day of the Dem¬ ocratic oarnival in conjunction with the Texa3 state fair, at Dallas, was the most successful from point of num¬ bers of any political gathering in the his ory of the state. When speaking began at the fair grounds Tuesday morning it was esti¬ mated that 50,000 people were pres¬ ent. There was a surging mass of people at the grounds when the notables be¬ gan to arrive. Mr. Bryan and a party of friends arrived at 10:25 a. m., and he was accorded a magnificent ova¬ tion. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Carden at 11:45 a. m. and the Hon. James P. Tarvin, of Ken¬ tucky, president of the Ohio Valley League of Bimetallic Clubs, made au interesting address. ARBITRATORS AGREE. Report Regarding the Venezuelan Boundary Is Made Public, A dispatch from Paris says: By the decision of the Anglo-Venezuelan boundary arbitration commisseion, rendered Tuesday, some of Great Britain’s claims as to the interior aud on the coast are disallowed. Her frontier will start at the Waini river. The award was unanimous. It is considered in the nature of a com¬ promise rather than as favoring Ven¬ ezuela. It was read 12:05 p. m. The decision was read M. D. F. Martins, the umpire, who has presid¬ ed over the deliberations of the tribu¬ nal. Whbky Trust Active. It is reported at Louisville that the Kentuoky Distilleries aud Warehouse company have decided to appropriate $6,000,000 to purchase additional dis¬ tilleries in Kentucky. FREQUENT ENCOUNTERS. Insurgent* Are Keeping Hajor Price’s Regiment Very Busy. A Manila speoial says: The Fourth infantry regiment, Major Price com- lffanding, has had a series of encoun¬ ter* with the insurgents about Imus during the past few days. The na¬ tives were led, it is supposed, by a former mayor of Imus, and made a general attack upon the American lines from Imus to Bacoor. A cap¬ tain and a ooppral of the Amerioan forces were killed and oight were wounded. A Filipino colonel is known to have been killed. Major Price requested Rear Admiral Watson to send two gunboats. MISS nORRISON IN COURT. Her Case Is Continued Pending An Application For Bond. At Chattanooga, Tuesday, Judge Estill, of the circuit court, after grant¬ ing a continuance of the ease against Julia Morrison, in private life known as Mrs. F. H. James, the actress who killed Frank Loldenheimer at the opera house two weeks ago hturd evi- denoe on the application of the de- fondant for bond. TEXAS GREETS DEMOCRATS Speechmaking Carnival Opens At Dalkis. PROMINENT BEN PRESENT Meetings Reid In Race Track Grand Stand—Ova! ion to Bryan—First Speech by Ex-Gov. Stone. The two days Democratic carnival opened at Dallas, Texas, Monday, the event of the morning being the arrival of William Jennings Bryan. The city was packed with Democrats, repre¬ senting forty states, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. There were fully 10,000 persons in the grand stand at the fair grounds. Among the prominent men present were O. II. P. Belmont, of New York; Judge James P. Tarvin, of Kentucky; Colonel M. C. Wetmore, of Missouri; United States Senators Berry, of Ar¬ kansas, and Chilton, of Texas; Con¬ gressmen Snlzer.of New York; Maddox, of Georgia; Richardson, of Tennessee; Davis, of Florida; Gordon,of Oiiio;Ben- ton and Clark, of Missouri; Dinsmore, of Arkansas,and the Texas delegation; Governor Jones, of Arkansas; ex-Gov- ernors Adams, of Colorado, and Crit¬ tenden and Slone, of Missouri; J. G. Johnson, of Kansas, who has recently come into prominence in the Demo- craticnational committee; Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee; Harvey Saioman, of St. Louis, and thousands of lesser lights aud leaders Meetings were arranged for the morning, afternoon and evening, each with an attraction of national leaders, There was no end of enthusiasm and each sneaker was made to feel that tho Democratic cause had fallen on willing ears. Among those whose appearance at- traoted the most attention were Mr. Bryan ex-Governor Stone and Con- gressman Champ Clark, of Missouri, Congressman William Sulzer, of New York In’order and Judge Tarvin, of Kentucky, to accommodate the im- mense crowds the place of speaking . changed from the auditorium to the race track grand stand. Mr. Bry- an arrived at the grounds shortly after 10 o’clock and was accorded a great ovation. Among those who surround- ed him in the speaker’s stand were Hon. O. H. P. Belmont, of New York; Governor Sayers, of Texas; ex-Sena- tor Reagan, and all of the Texas con- gressional delegation. The next im- portant arrival was Governor Stone, of Missouri, who was received with cheers. Chairman George Garden intro- duced and he Governor addressed Stone his auditors at 11:15j in a. . pait m. as follows: “I believe the Chicago platform of 1896 will be, and should be, reaffirm- ed. This should be done both as a matter of principle and politics. When I say it should be done as a matter of politics l I mean that when the subject considered from that level, which is the lowest level from which it should bo considered, I believe the Ln party would lose more than it would by refraining from its position. If our party should lower its colors and abandon the fight for bimetallism, we might gain or lose, and over and above all considerations of temporary expediency, rises this qi.e.-ition. NVlia. is right? e Is the free use ot both gold and silver as primary money best for - the whole people? Or, will the general welfare be best promoted by the use of gold alcWie? welfare “I do not ask whether the of certain special interests will be best promoted by the one policy or the other, but whether, all things considered, not for a day, or under special conditions, but for all the years and tinder all conditions, the general welfare will be best promoted by the one. policy or the other—by monometalism or bimetallism. “We cannot fight with great hope of certain victory without money and organization. Every Democrat in the United States should do his part. Every one can do something. should Every Democrat in America send hie mite to our national committee at Chicago and then do his utmost at home to effect a thorough party organ¬ ization. If this should be done I would have no doubt of our sucoess in 1900.” Governor 3toue’s speech was fre¬ quently applauded. Ths next orator was Governor Jones, of Arkansas. At the oonolusiol! of Governor Jones’ address the crowd went frantic in their demand for Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan advanced, and in a short speech said that, while his time for speaking had not yet arrived, he could not allow an opportunity to escape without extend- ing his thanks for this magnificent re¬ ception . HAY CONTEST WILL. Widow of Late Millionaire H. B. Plant Is Dissatisfied. The New York Times publishes the following: The statement is made on the authority of friends of Mrs. II. B. Plant, widow of the founder of the Plant system, of railroads and steam¬ boats, that legal proceedings will be instituted soon to set aside the pro- visions of Mr. Plant’s will and obtain for the widow and hor son a portion of the dead millionaire’s estate. NO ADVANCE BY THE BOERS Report That Move Was Made to Bor¬ der Was Erroneous. WAR PEELING IS INTENSE English Reinforcements Con¬ tinue to Arrive In Transvaal. A London special of Thursday was to the effect that nothing important developed as to tho Transvaal situation during the day. The Daily Telegraph’s dispatch announcing that the Boers had invaded Natal and seized LaingH Nek, now seems to bo without foundation. The government has received noth¬ ing to justify the report, although such a move on the part of the Boers would naturally cause little surprise. The British position in Natal was considerably strengthened by the ar¬ rival Thursday of Indian transports with reinforcements of about 2,500 infantry, cavalry and artillery, all of which will be promptly sent to the front by train, and with their arrival at Glencovo and Ladysmith, the Brit¬ ish advanced camps and lines of com¬ munication will be practically safe¬ guarded against the risk of a success¬ ful dash across the frontier by the Boers. The military authorities apparently no longer fear the massing of the Boers along the border, and in fact it has been provided that the Boers shall not make a sudden invasion into the territory. The Natal authorities are rather pleased with this, because they argue the tension of waiting will tell severely on the Boers discipline; and, moreover, they will soon exhaust the little forage there is near the border anf l be compelled to fall back on their base, because, in view of the defective commissariat, they are unwilling to advance in Natal leaving behind them a forageless veldt, Advices from Aldershot convey the interesting information that General Sir Redvers Buller, who is to assume the chief command of the British forces m South Africa, is opposed to the presence of a large number of war correspondents with his forces and to limit the correspondents to twelve representatives of the leading British, Indian and colonial agencies and newspapers, including in this j number the foreign correspondents, j A dispatch from Perth, capital of j West Australia, announces that the government of the colony has decided 1 to dispatch a West Australian confin¬ j gent to the cape. General Sir Redvers j Buller arrived at Balmoral castle 1 Thursday night as the guest of Queen j Victoria, to bid her majesty farewell on his departure, j OPINION HADE PUBLIC. Finding of Attorney General In the Carter Case Given Out. ^ oplmon of Attorney Genera i Griggs in the case of Captain Oberiin M. Carter, of the army, upon which the president approves the finding of the courtmariial, was made public at Washington Thursday. After ^missing certain of the minor charges , as unproven, the attorney gen- eral took up me more serious questions mvolved,first considering he objec ion * ha ‘ the chargee upon which Captain Carter f°,md g™»y f uous - He Ba f 9 that, unlike the or- dlDary CTlmlna procedure, the unh¬ ta T ludeflnlte "“8“ and number P™ ced of “ re offdnae8 ?* an , ln one and the same proceei^ng. “It is not necessary,” he says, “to q; 8cngg w jj e ther this practice is wise, or whether it . is prejudicial in the rights of the accused. It appears to be established by long continued prac¬ tice, and, so far as I am able on in¬ vestigation to discover, without pre¬ vious challenge.” But even if this objection were well founded, the attorney general says, he does'not think the accused should be allowed to avail himself of the objec¬ tion now, because he proceeded to trial without objection to this alleged misjoinder, and permitted ihe court to enter on the investigation of all of the different specifications, and himself brought forward his defense as to each of them. The objection should have been promptly taken to be made available. THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR. All Space Taken and the Project Will Be a Big Success. A dispatch from Atlanta aays: Ev¬ ery available inch of space in the ex¬ hibit halls of the state fair has been taken by exhibitors. Eight great buildings are overrun with exhibits and still the applications ooine in for space. Never before in the history of the fair association has there been such a demand for room, and the man¬ agement is put to it to find room for nil who desire to show their goods aud products. AMERICANS HANDICAPPED. Rebels Reoccupy the Recently Cap¬ tured Town of Parse. Advices of Wednesday from Manila state that several hundred insurgents have reoccupied Pome, which was captured by MacArthur on September 28th and evacuated by the Americans the following day. The insurgent forces are also reported moving Angeles. to¬ ward Mexico, southeast of The object of the double movement is apparently to get behind the American garrison on both sides of the Manila- Dagupan railway. HERO RECEIVES HONOR SWORD Testimonial of Congress Is Presented Dewey. GIFT OF THE NATION. Pf 332 SltatiOfl Address Made By Secretary Long—Admiral Shows Emotion. Ceremony Was Inspiring. A Washing bon special says: The culmination of Admiral Dowey’s tri- umphal home-ooming was reached Tuesday in the shadow of the national capitol, when he received from the hands of the president the magnificent jeweled sword voted him by congress in commemoration of the victory of Manila. This’was the official provocation for the ceremony. But mere official sane- tion could never have thrown into the 1 demonstration the fervor of enthusiasm j meted out to the great admiral as he j appeared before the vast audienoe j composed not only of all the highest j officials in the land, but of spectators j drawn from every quarter of the I United States. | The battle of Manila bay was not forgotten, but it might be said to have j been relegated almost to second place ! in the desire to do honor to the man j who had proven himself as great after j victorv as before, and who had shown j in the long and trying months that I followed his naval triumph the qnali- j ties of a statesman and a wise admin- 1 ietrator as well as those of the flag¬ I ship leader of a victorious fleet. w Q _ j liancing those qualities wag that 0 f j manly modesty, displayed in the quiet j dignity with whioh he mot the occa- 1 sion. This trait‘of Dewey’s character was demonstrated from the moment he | reached the stand side by side with the president. He paused at this point for a moment, unwilling, apparently, ! to take the place that had been prs- j pared for him on the right of the pres- ! President McKinly grasped the sit- j nation in an instant, and taking the great sea captain bv 'in the arm, placed him by gentle force the chair that had been intended for him. For Dewev it was a trying as well : as a triumphal day. It has been given to few officers in the naval history of the country to sit before a crowd of thousands while the chief of the naval establishment dilated upon their ex- i ploits, and then to stand before the same crowd to receive at the hands of the president a sword prepared for him at the behest of the representa- ! fives of the whole people. The strain upon Admiral Dewey j reached almost to the breaking point. None but those nearest to him could ! see how he labored to repress his feel- I lugs during the address of Secretary Long, but when he arose to receive the sword from the hands of the pres- ident no one could mistake the flash of the white gloved hand as it rose to dash awav the tears before the admiral came to the attitude of attention be- fore his chief When it became Dewey’s turn to reply hie voice failed him, and he made the effort twice before his lips would respond. When he did succeed his tones were olear and steady, but so low that only those nearest him could hear. One of the most remarkable features of the eventful day was the ovation to Rear Admiral Schley on the return of the party from the capitol to the white house. His carriage was several numbers behind that of the president and Admiral Dewey, and he reoeived an ovation that could scarcely be ranked below that accorded to the admiral himself. The tumult grew as the carriage prooeeded down the avenue, and the crowd surged around it till the horses ; were brought to a foot pace. Finally a company of the high school cadets came to the rescue and formed about tke carriage in a hollow square. Thus proteoted and flanked by a force of police, the carriage reached the white ! I house with a long gap between it and the next preceding. Reaohing the capitol two committee- 1 men preceded the president and Ad- miral Dewey. The waiting crowd un- covered and the president and the admiral promptly did the same as they passed rapidly into the lobby of the 1 senate. Dewey was followed by his war captains and the full cabinet acted an an esoort. The president with his cabinet was shown into the president’* room, while Admiral Dewey with his captains oooupied the room of the vice president. There was a wait of half an hour, then the party took up their march to the stand in the same order . as they had entered the capitol. The impressive presentation ceremony then took plaoe. CONSPIRACY THE CHARGE. Persecutors of captain Dreyfus Gay Now Have a Turn. The Paris correspondent of the Lon¬ don Daily Mail say« it is rumored there that General Roget, former sub- chief of the fourth bureau of the gen- eral staff; M. Godefrey de Cavaignac, former minister of war, and M. Ques- nay de Beaurepaire, former president of the civil section of the court oi j cassation, will he arrested on the ; charge of conspiring against republic. I | wssrasTONm WELCOME DEWEY Mtro of Danila Gets Royal Reception At the National Capital. 1 ESCORTED TO WHITE HOUSE ! The Trip From New York Was a Round of Ovations. Admiral Dewey left New York Mon- day afternoon for Washington. The journey was one of continual ovation, It w as Ha id by the railroad officials and trainmen that the most remark- able demonsrtntion that has ever taken place along the line was witnessed on tho run. Every town turned out. its full population, and every house and crossroads settlement was turned in- B ide out to see the flying special pass. Admiral Dewey was particularly touched ail along the line by the num¬ ber of children who turned out to see him. They formed a very large part of the cl . 0 wd i n every town, and wherever there was a sehoolhouse the children had evidently been given a special recess to come out and cheer 'he train. There was another large crowd of children at Baltimore, and Admiral Dewey, who had come to the rear platform for the sixth or seventh t’ mo ° n the trip, said to the trainmas- ter > wb ° was standing by him, that he f®'t m °re touched aud complimented b 7 the attention of the children than b J almost any other thing that had happened since his return to America. Great preparation had been made in t' Washington d the for occasion the admiral made s recep- the OI1 > arj was greatest tribute^ ever paid by NVash- ington to any individual. After the preliminary .veloome in New hork, unsurpassed in its kind, it re¬ mained for the highest and greatest, in the official world to hold out the hand of greeting to the famous admiral, and to join with the people who are to be b > 8 fellow-citizens in bidding him wel- corao - The decorations in the city were elaborate; Pennsylvania avenue was oue ma8 8 of co,ored bantin 8 alon S the " . bne . °f march from the station eu r ® '° wb ’ te house, lho P row of the whlt « Olympia pro¬ if- oted ln bold r ® hef fr om the stalld at ' , le head Pennsylvania , avenue, whereon stood Dewey, the central figure of the demonstration. On the facade of the newly completed genera! postoffioe building flamed forth two inscriptions set in electric points, the one ?? cltln g the {amous message of the president, directing Dewey, then 10,- 000 miles away in the far east, to go f orth to destroy , the , Spanish , , fleet and th , f, otber , 9ettln « tbe fam °« 8 adn ‘>- ra 9 d'rection to the lamented Grid- ley: “i ou ,f' ay V en y0 " are ready , - Gndley t >. „ whloh , . ™arkeu an och , th hl8tory of , the Unlted ®P ln ® States. Twelve thousand members of civic . organizations paraded before him, be- sld ® tells of thousands <> f non-orgzu- ,zs ? «tizens, and in a roar of camion r ° cke t3 > the blaze of red Are, the thunderous , cheering of the populace aml the war “ greeting of the head of tbe natl . ° n ’ D6 ' vey came to the nat.on- ^ oa P ltal to a ,' velc " m f a, \ ch aB has Dot been known there hitherto, ; Tevl on * to theBe demonstrations Ad wblte ?“™l honse , Dewey wfls , escorted el to the ed - was !l ® 0 “ and 8 reeted b J President McKinley and al1 the offlcial * at the n a ‘i°“al ltab . oa P GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. List of New Industries Established the Past Week. The industries reported for the past week include, among the more iniport- ant, cigar factories in Georgia and Kentucky; a clothing factory, capital $130,000, in Kentucky; a construction company in Virginia; cotton mills in Georgia and the Carolines; a creamery and cold storage plant in Texas; a dis- tillery in Kentucky; electric light and power plants in North Carolina; a flouring mill in Georgia; a furniture factory (rebuilt) in East Tennessee; a handle and spoke factory in North Carolina; an ioe factory in Georgia; a knitting mill in North Carolina; a lumber mill in West Virginia; three mining companies in Arkansas; tele- phone companies in Kentuoky, Ten- nessee aud Texas—Tradesman (Chat- fcanooga, Tenn.) --——————— A SLIGHT FOR SCHLEY. Maryland .... Republ.csns ... „ Protest Against Assignment of Admiral, Governor Lowndes, Senator Wel- lington, Mayor Maltster, of Baltimore, and General Felix Angus, called upon President McKinley Monday and for- mally protested against the assignment of Rear Admiral Schley to oommand the South Atlantic station on the ground that it was not commensurate with his dignity and the services he had rendered during the Spanish war. The protest was made voluntarily and without Admiral Sohley’s knowl- edge. The president listened atten¬ tively to what the Maryland republi¬ can leaders had to saj . but gave no in¬ dication of what he wi nid do. THE URDANETA RETAKEN. Rescue Expedition Was Successful and Without Casualties. Rear Admiral Watson announces from Manila that the recovery of the United States gunboat Undaneta which W as captured and benched by the in¬ SU rgents near Orani, on the Orani river, where she had been blockading, The expedition was entirely successful au d the Americans suffered no casual- ties.